Cinderella Tales
Rhodopis
This tale from 63 BC consists of a slave girl hoping for a better life. While working, her beautiful sandal was stolen from her by an Eagle. The Eagle dropped the sandal in the kings lap. Noticing the beauty of the sandal design the king valued to marry the girl who owned the shoe (Newell, 1894).
Yeh Shen
This Chinese tale was published in the 9th Century. Yeh Shen befriends a gold fish and for spite the stepmother eats the fish. The fish comes back in spirit and helps Yeh Shen win the heart of a suiter. Leaving a golden slipper behind, her future love, the king, finds her and marries her (Waley, 1947).
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Cinderella by Charles Perrault
This is the first publication of "Cinderella". It was published in 1697 in France. This tale is a simple, sweet tale of a kind young girl who receives no happiness from her stepmother and stepsisters. This is the tale that introduces the glass slipper, fairy godmother, and the pumpkin carriage (Warner, 1988).
Cinderella by The Brothers Grimm
The tale by The Brothers Grimm published in 1812 is different than the others due to its gruesome aspects. Though the concept is the same as that of Charles Perrault's, the stepsisters roles are slightly different with them chopping pieces of their foot off to fit the slipper at all cost. Alas, it was of no use as the prince found his real love (warner, 1988).
Cinderella by Walt Disney Studios
This is the most widely known version of Cinderella. With its release in 1950 this tale took storm as the love story of all time. It holds truest to the Charles Perrault version since it removed the gruesome additions of The Brothers Grimm tale. Glass slipper, pumpkin carriage, and fairy godmother all in tale (Mollet, 2013).